Good point and interesting link. However, Amanda S. found it it the display case of her local baker. I suppose it could be a custom order that was never picked up but knowing the astounding frequency with which cakes are wrecked, I'm inclined to say it wasn't.

Those are awesome, Ellen! But ... now I have to go to church tomorrow and play "Welcome Happy Morning" on the piano with a straight face while your brilliant parody is stuck in my head. *sigh* Wish me luck!!!

Hey, I just thought of something. Maybe Eappy is the cowboy version of the holiday? "Eappy-ky-yay!" y'all.

You know, I picked up some Easter Cupcakes today that were mostly to satisfy my pregnancy craving for buttercream icing. Once home and gotten the lid off, I realized they were "artfully" arranged as a flower. Once I pulled out a cupcake though, I figured out HOW. They were in a cupcake-cake mold that told the bakery where to place the cupcakes. Isn't that cheating a bit?

That wasn't piped on, but I don't know the technique--some sort of transfer. Had it been handwritten, I can see how they could've been absentmindedly writing "happy" again after the "E" was donw??? But with this transfer technique or whatever it is, wouldn't it be caught for if not intentional?

At any rate, it's cute and funny, but not nearly as funny as all your commenters today.

@Ellen (2nd): Indeed. The memo isn't just to those of us who already believe, though.

Ok, maybe the tradition theory is strengthened by the fact of it being printed, but what's the story on the border? Why are the upper top and bottom piped in a different color and (lack of) style than the upper sides and bottom?

Hmmm...Eappy? I suspect it's a new holiday, along the lines of Festivus -- an Easter for the rest of us? As long as no plastic babies -- particularly ones encased in goo -- come out of the cake, I'm all for people making up their own holidays.

wv: oviaz -- It's oviaz that some peoplez lose their abilitiez to spell when writing on cakez. ;-)

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